A hunter has told of an agonising night spent with the body of a dead friend in the South Island wilderness.

'No one who is a true hunter lets others carry their rifle or can't load their own shells. Sarah, you are a phony,' wrote one critic.

The hunter who fatally shot Rosemary Ives made his first public statement with tears in his eyes.

A hunter who fatally shot school teacher Rosemary Ives has admitted her manslaughter.

A manslaughter charge has been laid against the man who shot and killed 25-year-old schoolteacher Rosemary Ives last month.

The wife of the hunter who killed school teacher Rosemary Ives has made an impassioned plea for the public not to judge him, but says he will accept a prison term if one is imposed.

A hunter who has admitted causing the death of Rosemary Ives says he doesn't feel he deserves to ever be happy again.

More serious charges may be laid against the hunter who accidentally shot and killed teacher Rosemary Ives at a campsite last weekend.

A man who mistook a woman at a campsite before he allegedly shot and killed her is said to be devastated and is vowing to give up guns.

Anger is growing among hunters over the accidental shooting of a tramper as she was brushing her teeth.

Fellow hunters have expressed "disgust" at the actions of a man who shot dead a woman after he mistook her for a animal.

The principal of a tiny school in the Hutt Valley faces the heart-breaking task of telling pupils a popular teacher was shot dead at the weekend by a hunter stalking deer at night.

A young woman was shot in the head and killed - while she was brushing her teeth - by a hunter who thought she was an animal.

A Hamilton man will appear on court on a firearm charge after the death of a woman near Taupo last night.